This week in First Grade...

January 16th-20th

Reminders:
Jan. 31 Science Fair
Feb. 1 Early Release Day at 12:45 pm
Feb. 4 Celebration of Families, RRISD 9am-2pm
Feb. 7 Generaly PTA Meeting 7:00 pm
Feb. 8 Spirit Night Out at Mimi's CAfe
Feb. 15 Skate Night, Playland Skate Center 6-8:30 pm
Feb 20 No School Presidents' Day)
Feb. 28 Spirit Night out at Catfish Parlour
March 3 Family Dinner Night in the Caraway Cafeteria

February Tuesday folder helper: Gina Johnston

Fairy Tale Parade ***Thursday***
First Grade will be having a Fairy Tale Parade on Thursday, January 18th at 8:45 to celebrate the end of our Fairy Tale Unit. Please have your child come to school dressed as their favorite fairy tale character. Please do not think that you have to go out and buy a costume for your child. You and your child can make a homemade mask and/or costume. This should be fun….not stressful!

Also, if you can, please have your child’s snack reflect what he/she dressed up as. For example, if your child is dressed as Snow White, send apple slices for her. If he is dressed as the wolf from Little Red Riding Hood, maybe send cookies with him.

The parade will start at 8:45 and we will walk all around the school. We would love for you to come and cheer us on! If you have any questions, please ask your child’s teacher.

Thanks!
First Grade


In Reading Workshop we are reading Fractured Fairy Tales. We began our discussion by compairing a familiar Fairy Tale with a Fractured Fairy Tale. We read Cindy Ellen, A Wild Western Cinderella Story and compared it with the traditional version of Cinderella we read at the beginning of our Fairy Tale Unit. We will read and compare a couple of other Fractured Fairy Tales.

In Writer's Workshop we began thinking of our own Fairy Tale. We began by sketching our ideas across pages so we could get our ideas on paper.

In Word Work we began working with new sounds. The Green Group is reviewing "H" friends, sh,ch,th,wh. Blue group is reviewing cr, cl, fr, fl. Red Group is working on spelling words with the Long a and Short a sounds four different ways. I will send home note next week about our changes in Word Work.

In Math we began a new unit on Geometry. We began by exploring 1 dimensional shapes and discussing their characteristics.

In Science we began a new unit on Motion and Movement. We will do an experiement tomorrow where we observe the movement from one place to another of a wind up toy. If your child has a wind up toy he/she would like to bring to use during our experiement please send it tomorrow mornign.

Have a great week!

Mrs. Caballero